Scelidosaurus (limb lizard) Phonetic Skel-is-doe-sore-us Named By Richard Owen - 1859 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4 meters long Type of Dinosaur Armoured Dinosaur Type Species S. harrisonii (type) Found in England, Dorset When it Lived Early Jurassic, 193-183 million years ago Scelidosaurus Facts Scelidosaurus, meaning “limb lizard,” is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur that lived […]
Saurornithoides (Bird like lizard) Phonetic Sore-orn-ih-thoy-deez Named By Henry Fairfield Osborn – 1924 Diet Carnivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species S. mongoliensis (type) Found in Mongolia – Djadochta Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 70 million years ago Saurornithoides Facts Saurornithoides, meaning “bird-like lizard,” is a genus of
Sauropelta (Lizard shield) Phonetic Sore-oh-pel-tah Named By John Ostrom - 1970 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Armoured Dinosaur Type Species S. edwardsorum (type) Found in USA, Wyoming and Montana - Cloverly Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 112-99 million years ago Sauropelta Facts Sauropelta, meaning “lizard shield,” is a genus
Saurolophus (lizard crest) Phonetic Sore-o-loe-fus Named By Barnum Brown - 1912 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 10 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species S. osborni (type), S. angustirostris Found in Canada - Alberta - Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Mongolia - Nemegt Formation. Possibly also USA - California - Moreno Formation and China - Heilongjiang Province
Saltopus (hopping foot) Phonetic sal-to-pus Named By Friedrich von Huene – 1910 Diet Carnivore Size Estimated 1.2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species elginensis Found in Scotland, United Kingdom When it Lived Late Triassic, 220 million years ago Saltopus Facts Saltopus, meaning “hopping foot,” is a genus of early theropod dinosaur that
Saltasaurus (Salta lizard) Phonetic Salt-ah-sore-us Named By Bonaparte & Powell - 1980 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 40-50 feet in length Type of Dinosaur Sauropod Type Species S. loricatus (type) Found in Argentina, Salta Province - Lecho Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 75-70 million years ago Saltasaurus Facts Saltasaurus, meaning “Salta lizard,” is a genus
Saichania (Beautiful one) Phonetic Sie-chan-ee-ah Named By Teresa Maryańska - 1977 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 6.6 meters long Type of Dinosaur Armoured Dinosaur Type Species S. chulsanensis (type) Found in Mongolia, Nemegt Basin - Barun Goyot Formation, China When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80 million years ago Saichania Facts Saichania, meaning “beautiful one,” is a
Zuniceratops (Zuni-horned face) Phonetic Zoo-nee-ceh-ra-tops Named By Douglas G. Wolfe and James I. Kirkland – 1998 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9-10 feet in length Type of Dinosaur Ceratopsian Type Species Z. christopheri Found in U.S.A., New Mexico, Moreno Hill Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 89 million years ago Zuniceratops Facts Zuniceratops, or “Zuni-horned face,”
Zephyrosaurus (Westward wind lizard) Phonetic Zef-e-ir-sore-us Named By Hans-Dieter Sues - 1980 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 6-8 feet in length Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species Z. schaffi (type) Found in USA, Montana, Carbon County- Cloverly Formation. Possibly elsewhere in the US When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 95 million years ago Zephyrosaurus Facts Zephyrosaurus was
Zalmoxes (After the Dacian deity Zalmoxis) Phonetic Zal-mocks-ees Named By David Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu, Zoltan Csiki & David Bruce Norman - 2003 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4-5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species Z. robustus (type), Z. shqiperorum Found in Romania, Transylvania - Sânpetru Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 68-66 million years
